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Chantal Moret / Holden
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8/2/2011

Chantal Moret / Holden

Galerie Gora, Montreal

Moret latest paintings are inspired by the book of the Afghan author Atiq Rahimi entitled Syngue' Sabour or Stone of Silence. In her paintings the stones contain all the painful thoughts of humanity where men and women are represented as very thin and elevated bodies. 'The Stillness of Motion: Changing Polar Landscapes by Holden is a visual contemplation of the spatial-temporal concepts of motion and change as they act upon our polar spaces.


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Chantal Moret

Chantal Moret was born in Geneva Switzerland in 1955...and since then has always been involved in artistic and creative activities both as a painter, a sculptor, an art painting teacher or working in her own gallery. Chantal Moret has been exhibiting in many different places worldwide, and recently was appointed as international guest artist at the Italian Pavilion at the Art Basel December 2010 event in Miami Florida. Her latest paintings are inspired by the book of the Afghan author Atiq Rahimi entitled Syngué Sabour or Stone of Silence. In her paintings the stones contain all the painful thoughts of humanity where men and women are represented as very thin and elevated bodies. These work on canvas rely on shapes and geometry, on structures that are closed to the work of an architect and build a special space by including the expression of the painting gesture and the study of light and transparency, a research in which creativity and artistic inspiration are united with long standing practise skill and quality.


The Stillness of Motion: Changing Polar Landscapes by Holden

The Stillness of Motion: Changing Polar Landscapes by Holden is a visual contemplation of the spatial-temporal concepts of motion and change as they act upon our polar spaces. The work examines both natural change, over time scales that range from the diurnal and seasonal to the geological, as well as the human-induced changes that threaten to disrupt the human and ecological balance of these regions and the larger planetary ecosystem. In line with contemplative traditions such as Zen Art or Miksang, Holden’s photographic practice emphasizes the experiential qualities of seeing as a path to awakening. From this philosophical perspective, there is no distinction between the photograph, the photographed and the photographer, no subject and object, no seer and seen, no barriers between mind and space. It is all experience. Once basic technical considerations are mastered, the camera is no more than an extension of the mind, a tool to focus one’s attention on space and time. These images are the manifestation of that focus.

Image: Chantal Moret

Opening Wednesday, February 9th, 2010 (5-7pm)

Galerie Gora
279 Sherbrooke Ouest/West, Montreal
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Chantal Moret / Holden
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